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`lwfBoHAJIIGAL PUZZLE.

Patented Sept. 2, 1890.

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lint/'TE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. DEEVES AND RICHARD U. JOS. GAUTHREAU X, 4OF NEV ORLEANS,

LOUISIANA, ASSIGNORS TO ADOLPH KEITEL, OF SAME PLACE.

MECHANICAL PUZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,804, datedSeptember 2, 1890.

'Application tiled November Z3, 1889. Serial No. 331'366. (No model.)

.To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN F. DEEVES and RICHARD U. JOSEPH GAUTHREAUX,residents of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State ofLouisiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in MechanicalPuzzles, oi' which the following` is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The objects of our invention are to produce a compact, neat, andattractive mechanical puzzle of a rather intricate character, havingparts connected with a case and aligning collars at the ends of thecase, all marked with letters of the alphabet promiscuously placed inradial and longitudinal rows, which are mainlwealin g the wo rd orsentence w ic 1 is 1e (ey to open the connected parts of the puzzle.Said word or sentence may be the name ot' a party issuing the puzzleAfor an advertisement, or it may combine naine and address and indicatenature of business. y

A further object is to provide a mechanical advertising puzzle ofpermutation type which will by its shape indicate the nature of thebusiness advertised.

To these ends our invention consists in certain features ot constructionand combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters and figures of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectiontaken on the line x :c in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a transverse section takenon the line 3 viewed in direction of arrows. (See Fig. 2.) Fig. i is anenlarged perspective vieu* of one section of the puzzle detached. Fig. 5is a partly-sectional View of another principal portion of the puzzledetached; and Fig. (i is a transverse section ot the portion shown inFig. 5, taken on the line 6 G in said ligure, viewed as indicated byarrows.

The puzzle is of the permutation type-that is to say, it is composed,essentially, of parts that are concentrically arranged and adapted tointerlock with each other by pins inserted in circumferential grooves,which hold the sections ol' the puzzle from being separatedlongitudinally until all movable parts are so aligned as to bring thelocking-pins coincident with longitudinal grooves which inter sect theperipheral grooves 1nentioned,'and thus permit the two sections of thepuzzle to be pulled apart.

In order to indicate the correct relative location of the longitudinalgrooves and pins, and consequently the opened adjustment ot theconnected parts, a word. sentence, or phrase is stamped on the movableparts of the puzzle, which sentence is longitudinally aligned so as tobe read when the puzzle is unlocked, said key word or sentence being`concealed by mixing the component letters with the letters of otherwords or promiscuously-arranged letters that are located in peripheraland longitudinal rows on the outer surface of the device.

The specific construction of the puzzle is as follows: In the sectionalView shown in Fig. 2, 22 represents an elongated cylindrical core orplug which has a radial collar 4 integrally formed on one end. The bodyof the plug is peripherally grooved at 1G, and also at 25, nearer theunfianged end 2l. An envelopingsleeve 26 is made to lit neatly on theplug 22. Said sleeve is provided with a collar 2, which is formed on itsend that is adjacent to collar 4 and bears loosely against the same whenthe parts are assembled. The sleeve 26 is peripherally grooved at 17near the collar 2 and at 27 near its uniiangcd end. A longitudinalgroove 15 extends from the circular groove 17 to the end 2S ol thesleeve, which latter is reduced at 29 to form a smaller sleeve, a squareshoulder being thus produced at the point indicated.

20 is another cylindrical plug that is axially perforated a properdistance to lit upon the end 2l of the plug 22. This when the parts areconnected will form a continuous cylinder of the same diameter from thepoint 28, where the sleeve 2G and plug 2O abut, to the other terminal ofthe plug` 2O inside of the collar 7 that is formed thereon at this end,said cellar being of the same exterior dialneter as collars 2 4 onsleeve 26 and plug 22.

The slee-ver2()l and plug 22 are revolubly connected by a locking-pin23, which is fixed in the body of the sleeve and projects into thegroove 1G. (See Figs. 2 and 4.)

Agcircumferential groove 8 is cut in the plug 2O near its collar 7,which plug, to distinguish it from the other one, is designated acapping-plug. On the cappingplug just named a thin shell 19 is mounted,having a revoluble fit thereon, which shell extends from its integralcollar 5 to the terminal end, which abuts against the shoulder 29 on-t-he sleeve 26 when properly adjusted in place. A lockingpin 9 isaffixed in the shell 19 at a proper point to register with the groove Sin the capping-plug 2O and loosely secures these parts together. (SeeFigs. 2 and 5.) Near the other end of the shell 19 a locking-pin 14 isfixed, projecting inwardly from the shell and engaging loosely thecircumferential groove 27, produced in the reduced portion of 'groove 25to the terminal end named. A

longitudinal groove l2 is cut in the shell 19 from the circumferentialgroove 11 therein formed to the terminal end of the shell, as at 29 inFig. 2, and a pin 10, inserted in an enveloping-case, slides therein. Anouter casing 1 is provided', which is Vof such internal diameter as tofit neatly upon the larger porion of the sleeve 26 and also on the shell19, said parts last named being of equal size in their outer diameters.The thickness of the wall of the casing 1. is preferably such relativelythat its outer diametrical size will correspond with that of the collars2, 4, 5, and 7, so that all will together form a neat cylinder devoid oflateral projections. Thelength of the casing 1 is equal to the distancebetween the inner faces of the collars 2 and 5 when the parts aretogether in locked adjustment, the casing being allowed freedom torotate easily on the supporting parts it incloses. A locking-pin 18registers with the circumferential groove 17, said pin being fixed inthe casing 1, and, projecting therefrom into this groove, it can be madeto enter the lon gitudinal groove 15.

As shown in Fig. 2, the longitudinal grooves 15, 12, 13, and a. arelocated three on one side of the device and one groove 12 on the otherside or diametrically opposite the other aligning grooves. This is sorepresented to facilitate the illustrat-ion of the grooves in the sameview. It is not necessary, however, to so locate the longitudinalgrooves, as these may be placed out of alignment at any pointperipherally on the sleeve 26, shell 19, and lower end of plug 22 if thelocking-plus `which project from the capping-plug shell and casing areso located that these will enter the longitudinal grooves all at thesame time and so be released from a securing 1nterlock with thecircumferential grooves, as previously explained.

As the pins 10 and 1S, which are inserted 1n the casing l, and thatengage the longitudinal grooves 15 12 when the device is in openedadjustment, are invisible from the outer slde of the casing, it isnecessary that a key be provided to indicate when the parts arecorrectly located to permit a separation of Ythe sectionsA B. To thisend a sentence orrname is preferably used, which will when its componentletters are in alignment indicate that the device is adjusted toseparate its sections. The key may be the name of a firm, a place ofbusiness address, or both may be combined. To obscure the keymeasurably, a series of aligning rows of letters are promiscuouslyarranged at spaced intervals around the casing and the collars also, itbeing understood that the letters composing the key are placed partly onthe collars and the intermediate portion of the same on the cylindricalcasing in a vertical row. It is preferred to arrange the letters in rowsaround the casing, as shown in Fig. 1, and, as therein represented, thecenter line, which corresponds with the section-line indicates thekey-Words, which in this instance read thus from top to bottom: This isdesigned to be opened.

The intricacy of the puzzle may be increased by'having two words orsentences as keys and the locking-pins adjustable to suit thesedifferent keys, which will be arranged at different points on thecircumference of the device.

There being many combinations to be made other than the Word or wordswhich open the puzzle, it is a pleasing source of amusement, and if thekey is the name or business address of a party it will be forciblyimpressed on the memory of the person who is successful in decipheringthe key and opening the puzzle. It is also intended to give the entiredevice a form which will be suggestive of the business advertised*as,for instance, it may be shaped as a beer-keg or a cigar, and thus by itscontour advertise the business of the distributer of the device. Abusinesscard in plain letters may take up a portion of the puzzle-as,for instance, this may be placed on the ends of the same and notinterfere with the letters on the peripheral surface.

. Having thus fully described our invention, Y

we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A puzzlecomprising two plugs placed end to end, one provided with a sleeve andthe other with a shell, the sleeve and shell being connected with theirrespective plugs IOO IIO

xo tu rn and connected With the sleeve by a pinand-groove connection,und :L easing on the shell and sleeve and connected to each by apin-andg1oove connection, substantially as herein shown and described.

JOHN F. DEEVES. RICHARD U. JOS. GAU'IIIREAUX. WVnesses:

Guo. MONTGOMERY, J AS. D. COLE.

